Ecological niche model of Phlebotomus alexandri and P. papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Middle east

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Colacicco Mayhugh, Michelle G ^a   Masuoka, Penny M ^b   Grieco, John P ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLY; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

MIDDLE EAST;

DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ALEXANDRI; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MIDDLE EAST; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT VECTORS; MIDDLE EAST; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 76949105829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-2     Document Type: Article

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